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Would you shoot?
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10/04/18 02:46 PM
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TxHunter18
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Re: Would you shoot?
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10/04/18 02:58 PM
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QuitShootinYoungBucks
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What's the criteria for your decision?
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Re: Would you shoot?
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#7305008
10/04/18 03:02 PM
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TxHunter18
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What's the criteria for your decision? He's been around since early summer. I think there's a good chance he would be back next year and bigger if I let him go
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Re: Would you shoot?
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10/04/18 03:13 PM
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QuitShootinYoungBucks
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Sounds like you've made your decision. For me he's not a first-day shooter but many people on here have never taken a deer that good. If I had a good chance to age him at 5.5 or more, in our area he'd be a shooter because he's 20-30" below the best in his age group. If you think he's young enough to keep growing and you don't need to shoot him, then pass.
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Re: Would you shoot?
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#7305029
10/04/18 03:43 PM
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TooLow
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Big 8 Yes the other one nope
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Re: Would you shoot?
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#7305031
10/04/18 03:45 PM
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dogcatcher
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At my age anything is a shooter.
Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
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Re: Would you shoot?
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#7305044
10/04/18 04:10 PM
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don k
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I shoot anything I want. I don't ask permission.
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Re: Would you shoot?
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#7305064
10/04/18 04:34 PM
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landsurveyor
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Sounds like you've made your decision. For me he's not a first-day shooter but many people on here have never taken a deer that good. If I had a good chance to age him at 5.5 or more, in our area he'd be a shooter because he's 20-30" below the best in his age group. If you think he's young enough to keep growing and you don't need to shoot him, then pass.
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Re: Would you shoot?
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#7305095
10/04/18 05:21 PM
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BassBuster1
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I would shoot him in a heartbeat!
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Re: Would you shoot?
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#7305101
10/04/18 05:25 PM
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Walkabout
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Yes, you have big deer. Good job.
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Re: Would you shoot?
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#7305142
10/04/18 06:03 PM
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Erathkid
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NO! Let me come shoot it.
Life is too short, as is. Don't chance it. Don't text and drive.
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Re: Would you shoot?
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#7305148
10/04/18 06:10 PM
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stxranchman
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You can't kill what you want if you kill something you don't like.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Would you shoot?
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10/04/18 10:03 PM
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Pitchfork Predator
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No I would not. He is not mature and that's the bucks I shoot. He looks like he could grow into my favorite type of buck, BIG SLICK 8's.
However if you like him, kill him.
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Re: Would you shoot?
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10/04/18 11:26 PM
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I have shot lesser bucks. Some questions to ask yourself...any hunters on adjoining land that would shoot him during the rut? Any chance he will become the nocturnal buck you never get a chance at? Any chance you will not be able to hunt the property next year? Any chance road hunters might get him. Got any bigger bucks on the property that you like more? I can’t answer these questions for you.
One time I let a buck like this pass for several years, and he gained enormous proportions. The year I went for him, I was watched him pass through my property (no shot opportunity) into an adjoining landowners field on the trail of a hot doe. About 300 yards into the field, he laid down near the doe. An hour or so later they got up, headed the Wrong direction from me. I heard a shot and the buck dropped. Along came a four wheeler, two guys loaded him up, hauled him off. Two weeks later I read the article, one of the biggest bucks killed in the state...a 230 class low fence buck...and I had let him walk for three years, so that would be me. Never again.
Basically, it is a personal choice and you have to deal with your decision, either way.
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Re: Would you shoot?
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#7305345
10/04/18 11:38 PM
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bucksnbass357
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Big 8 Yes the other one nope Agreed
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Re: Would you shoot?
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10/04/18 11:41 PM
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TexasKC
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That's a trophy in my neck of the woods. I would let him walk in the hope that he would breed before our neighbors shoot him. If you like him it doesn't really matter what others think.
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Re: Would you shoot?
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#7305389
10/05/18 12:19 AM
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colt45-90
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hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: Would you shoot?
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#7306548
10/06/18 03:11 PM
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ACKHNTR
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Bow, yes. Rifle at the end of season if I haven't found another shooter. Couple more years he might be a giant 8. Looks to be 4 to me.
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Re: Would you shoot?
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#7309049
10/09/18 02:43 AM
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10pointers
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all day long
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Re: Would you shoot?
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#7309085
10/09/18 03:36 AM
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gwl2
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Re: Would you shoot?
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#7309384
10/09/18 02:22 PM
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Whack n stack
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if he gets you shaky when he walks out id take him, if you still have to question yourself give him a little longer. to answer the question, i would most likely take him...
Last edited by Whack n stack; 10/09/18 02:23 PM.
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Re: Would you shoot?
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10/10/18 03:02 AM
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Nathan at Fork
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He is legal, if it will make you happy, do it. Its pretty impossible to get a consensus on question like this unless its a 300" monster or a tiny fork horn. For LOTS of places that is a trophy buck. For others that's a management buck. For me, if I was bow hunting Id take it for sure as Ive never killed a buck bow hunting. Rifle hunting, Id let it walk the first part of the season but may take it later on if I didn't see anything better. But don't let what others would do make you feel bad about any legal animal you take. Ill probably take the first legal buck I get a clean shot at with my bow and be proud of it no matter the size of whats on its head. Good luck!
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Re: Would you shoot?
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#7310103
10/10/18 03:12 AM
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SapperTitan
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Only you can make that choice. Don’t worry about what people on here think.
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Re: Would you shoot?
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10/10/18 04:02 PM
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1860.colt
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are they legal ta shoot ? Tis all bout pure pressure, if ya have ta ask. Is it HF, what will the neighbors or other hunters who share property think. Tis your tag. Pappy's 101: "Chooten- trigger finger point at with slow smooth action, slowly trigger finger points back ta chooter. "
i'm postaddic
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